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Hubby and I escaped life for a while and spent a night at the cottage on the weekend. We went fishing and had a great time and a good dinner too!
As we sat in the gazebo to cool off after chopping wood for the coming winter, I listened, wondering what I would hear in the old neighbourhood.
I heard a pileated woodpecker calling from not far away.
I watched a northern flicker on the back lawn hunting for ants.
A few chipping sparrows were in the old garden.
Some chickadees were in the trees.
A male downy woodpecker was hanging around the old platform feeder.
Huge loons with babies on the lake. Their calls still give me shivers!
A gorgeous osprey that swooped right over our boat while we were fishing. What a sight that was!!!
The topper for me tho' was the return of my beloved whiskey jacks (gray jays)!!! Three of them at first, one being this year's baby that still looks a little sooty. By the end of the day, we had 6 or 7 of them coming to the yard every time we sat in the gazebo. It just made the whole weekend for me!!! I don't get them here now because the habitat isn't right for them so I only see them when I go back to the old place. My husband just shakes his head because he never sees them when he's there alone. I didn't believe him at first, but it's been proven now that they return when I'm there. It's fabulous!!! They were a little nervous this time and wouldn't hand feed, although one did seriously consider it! But, it wouldn't take long to coax them again.
I'm hoping to get back there a couple of more times before fall hits. Sometimes I wonder why we ever moved!!
Hubby and I escaped life for a while and spent a night at the cottage on the weekend. We went fishing and had a great time and a good dinner too!
As we sat in the gazebo to cool off after chopping wood for the coming winter, I listened, wondering what I would hear in the old neighbourhood.
I heard a pileated woodpecker calling from not far away.
I watched a northern flicker on the back lawn hunting for ants.
A few chipping sparrows were in the old garden.
Some chickadees were in the trees.
A male downy woodpecker was hanging around the old platform feeder.
Huge loons with babies on the lake. Their calls still give me shivers!
A gorgeous osprey that swooped right over our boat while we were fishing. What a sight that was!!!
The topper for me tho' was the return of my beloved whiskey jacks (gray jays)!!! Three of them at first, one being this year's baby that still looks a little sooty. By the end of the day, we had 6 or 7 of them coming to the yard every time we sat in the gazebo. It just made the whole weekend for me!!! I don't get them here now because the habitat isn't right for them so I only see them when I go back to the old place. My husband just shakes his head because he never sees them when he's there alone. I didn't believe him at first, but it's been proven now that they return when I'm there. It's fabulous!!! They were a little nervous this time and wouldn't hand feed, although one did seriously consider it! But, it wouldn't take long to coax them again.
I'm hoping to get back there a couple of more times before fall hits. Sometimes I wonder why we ever moved!!